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Central Swindon Through Time
Mark Child
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Description for Central Swindon Through Time
Paperback. This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Central Swindon has changed and developed over the last century. Num Pages: 96 pages, 85 colour illustrations, 98 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWW; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 173 x 8. Weight in Grams: 270. 96 pages, 183 Illustrations incl 85 colour. This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Central Swindon has changed and developed over the last century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKEWW; WQH; WQP. Dimension: 234 x 173 x 8. Weight: 304.
Central Swindon is the retail core of the modern town and its residential environs. It began in the 1840s, when the model village for railway workers was laid out on marshy ground to the north of Swindon hill. By the 1860s, pockets of development had been established around its edges, and by the mid-1880s, New Swindon on the plain had twice the built-up area of Old Swindon on the hill. Industrial Swindon expanded southwards, slowly pushing red-brick and Bath stone dressings towards the hill. This book details the line of this exploration, from its base in the railway village to ... Read more
Central Swindon is the retail core of the modern town and its residential environs. It began in the 1840s, when the model village for railway workers was laid out on marshy ground to the north of Swindon hill. By the 1860s, pockets of development had been established around its edges, and by the mid-1880s, New Swindon on the plain had twice the built-up area of Old Swindon on the hill. Industrial Swindon expanded southwards, slowly pushing red-brick and Bath stone dressings towards the hill. This book details the line of this exploration, from its base in the railway village to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Through Time
Condition
New
Weight
269g
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445614007
SKU
V9781445614007
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-30
About Mark Child
Mark Child is a historian and an architectural and topographical writer who has had many books published. He is well known for his articles over many years on towns and villages for Archant Life magazines, particularly Cotswold Life.
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